Ideas + cash = magic formula
Britain's top research universities should set up their own venture capital funds to start the commercialisation of their scientists' research discoveries, a leading financier says. Sir David Cooksey...
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Edinburgh provides lesson in venture capitalism
Edinburgh University is one of Britain's few academic institutions to have dabbled in venture capital. Its success has been astounding with its fund growing more than 30 times in value in a decade....
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Fund juggler upbeat after NHS pruning
Martin Ince asks John Swales, the man responsible for NHS research, how he will cope with a cut of Pounds 10 million from his budget John Swales, director of research and development at the National...
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Euro investors branded hi-tech faint-hearts
Budding European technology firms could migrate to the United States unless they secure more support from capital markets, according to Carol Galley, vice-chairman of City firm Mercury Asset...
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Cloning a golden fleece
Dolly the sheep had two 'parents' - one private, the other public. Olga Wojtas talks to the MD who saw that cloning could be profitable The science story of 1997 was undoubtedly the cloning of Dolly...
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France plays drugs catch-up
Britain's success in exploiting academic research in biotechnology attracted envy across the Channel a few years ago, where the head of French chemical giant Rhone-Poulence decided it was time to...
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A cutting edge waiting for sharp young minds
In the first of a series on jobs for the new millennium, Ayala Ochert examines bioinformatics and its dearth of skilled practitioners One of the most important jobs for a scientist is the accurate...
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Masters of the patent game
Sue Foden, head of the Cancer Research Campaign's technology transfer arm,tells Kam Patel how its income has grown tenfold in a decade In the early 1980s there were precious few biotechnology firms,...
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Grants
University of Liverpool, continued Professor G. Hutchings, Pounds 52,969 from EPSRC (computer design of improved alumina catalyst supports by predictive modelling of solgelprocedures) and Pounds 44,...
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Eight indicted for student murder
EIGHT university employees have been indicted for the murder of Marta Russo, the 22-year-old student who was shot dead last year outside the law faculty buildings of Rome's La Sapienza University....
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Keele star chief fights sack
THE head of Keele University's only 5-star rated research department has been sacked for gross misconduct. Peter Rolfe, head of Keele's hospital-based bioengineering and medical physics department,...
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The quality street to cash
A CLOSER link between higher education quality ratings and funding is being considered amid fears of government pressure for a new cash-for-results system. Quality Assurance Agency heads met with...
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V-cs bid to curb extremism
UNIVERSITIES can ban extremist groups on campus if they pose a threat to safety, vice chancellors argue, writes Tony Tysome. A working group chaired by University of London vice chancellor Graham...
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Awards
Royal Academy of Engineering Awards were presented to the following graduates on December 8: Lesley Ashburner, University of Newcastle; Grant Biggam, Heriot-Watt University; Huw Evans, University of...
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Promotions
University of Wales, Cardiff The following former seniorlecturers have been promoted to readerships: David Carter, school of molecular and medical biosciences; Robin Fawcett, director of the...